4 january 1999
holiday travel pop quiz
see how well you score.

The quote of the day:
Our flight should be leaving any minute now.


For your enjoyment, a small quiz pertaining to Diane's holiday fun:

  • When traveling to, from, or in Israel, your greatest concern should be:
    1. Saddam Hussein's naked aggression in the Gulf area.
    2. Hezbollah's rocket attacks from Lebanon into Israel.
    3. The growth of right-wing Orthodox Jewish political power.
    4. Fanatical Christian Millenialist fatalism.
    5. Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

  • When traveling from Israel to San Jose, California, the longest leg of the flight is estimated to be from Frankfurt to Chicago (9.5 hours). The actual longest leg of the trip will be:
    1. Tel Aviv to Frankfurt (est. time: 4.5 hours).
    2. Frankfurt to Chicago (est. time: 9.5 hours).
    3. Chicago to San Jose (est. time: 4.5 hours).

  • The shortest route from Chicago O'Hare International to San Jose, California, is:
    1. Chicago to San Jose, with a 3-day layover in Chicago.
    2. Chicago to Denver to San Jose, with no guarantee of travel availability on the Chicago to Denver leg offered and at least a one-night stopover.
    3. Chicago to Dallas-Fort Worth to San Jose, with at least one intermediary destination inserted and every leg of the journey requiring you to travel on stand-by.
    4. Chicago to Los Angeles to San Jose, with a one-night stopover in Los Angeles.

  • Intra-California flights are not in any way affected by the recent weather crises at Chicago O'Hare International. Therefore, flights from Los Angeles to San Jose will take:
    1. 50 minutes.
    2. Over an hour, depending on coastal winds.
    3. Upwards of 6 hours, 5 of those spent wandering around LAX and watching flights scheduled after yours taking off before yours.

  • When traveling from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv on Star Alliance planes (United, Lufthansa) and spending approximately 24 hours in the air, you will view The Parent Trap
    1. 4 times.
    2. 6 times.
    3. 8 times.

  • When not viewing The Parent Trap, you will see The Avengers, which is
    1. as bad as everyone says.
    2. worse than everyone says.

  • European travelers are ruder than American travelers.
    1. True -- oh, how true.
    2. False.

  • The growth of smoking bans in public venues in America has led to an appreciable upswing in the quality of life that is immediately noticeable when staying in a country without many "no smoking" areas, such as Israel.
    1. True
    2. False

  • The easiest way to get money in a foreign country is to
    1. bring traveler's cheques.
    2. use cash machines.
    3. depend on the kindness of strangers.
    4. mug nearby tourists.

  • The best thing about traveling overseas is
    1. the exposure you get to foreign cultures, customs, and languages.
    2. getting away from the cares and worries of your everyday life.
    3. meeting interesting new people, including other tourists and natives of the country you're visiting.
    4. getting minimal exposure to talking heads and pundits decrying the decline of the rule of law in American politics.


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